South Dakota Supreme Court affirms exclusion of polygraph evidence in the absence of agreement between the parties 

Background  The case examines the admission of polygraph evidence in criminal and civil cases. Banks pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter and prior to his sentencing hearing sought to introduce polygraph analysis as evidence to prove that he was not the shooter. The Circuit Court decided to preclude the polygraph examination…

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